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Does Anyone Have A Cytron Smartdrive Duo 30 And What Are The Diffrences?

Does anyone have a Cytron Smartdrive Duo 30 and what are the diffrences with a sabertooth in settings?

https://www.cytron.io/p-30amp-7v-35v-smartdrive-dc-motor-driver-2-channels

Folowing the manual and comparing it... I came to these settings... Still have to test it... But maybe someone has some conformation? :)

Stop

SendSerial(D0,9600,0) SendSerial(D0,9600,128)

Forward

Motor 1, 63 is full speed forward.

SendSerial(D0,9600,63)

Motor 2, 191 is full speed forward.

SendSerial(D0,9600,191)

Differential Turn Right

Motor 1

SendSerial(D0,9600,63)

Motor 2

SendSerial(D0,9600,255)

Differential Turn Left

Motor 1

SendSerial(D0,9600,127)

Motor 2

SendSerial(D0,9600,191)

Reverse

Motor 1, 127 is full speed reverse.

SendSerial(D0,9600,127)

Motor 2, 255 full speed reverse.

SendSerial(D0,9600,255)

And what about the Speed Changed setting?


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Synthiam
#1  

The commands look right - but you'd have to test.

If you want speed control, there's two ways to go about it

  1. Create a skill control

  2. Use a custom movement panel

If you choose #2, there's a $speedleft and $speedright variable which you can use. You'd have to use a little math to determine the speed for each direction.

Netherlands
#2  

It has been a long time, but i am back on this project ;)

So i have made a custom movement panel. Everything works...  But it's just one speed...   i managed to found out if i set lower numbers in the script the speed will be lower...  But the 2 shuffles for speed won't work.

Would be nice if the sabertooth script was editable or viewable so i can compare ;)

I found Gwen's question... about "ramping" As i understood this was to build up te speed instead of only 1 speed that stops abrubtly (https://synthiam.com/Community/Questions/Movement-Scripting-Help-Please-2983)

I loaded the latest script and changed some perimeters to be compatible with this controller. But it doesn't seem to work for me...

Netherlands
#3  

I think my problem is...  Where the sabertooth increases the speed from a stop. 0-10-9-8-7-6-4-3-2-1-0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 The Smartdrive Duo increases otherwise 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-1-0

example smartdrive duo User-inserted image vs Sabertooth User-inserted image

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Synthiam
#4   — Edited

Use your controller in RC mode and it'll solve all your troubles. Use the Continuous servo rotation Movement Panel instead of the sabertooth one. Read here: https://synthiam.com/Products/Controls/Servo/Continuous-Servo-Movement-Panel-16096

Netherlands
#5  

Thanks for the fast response:) I was reallly mindboggling about what to do.

Going to try that and let you know my results. But if i look at the manual that should do the trick:) THANKS!

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Synthiam
#6  

They did all the planning for you ahead of time it seems. It makes most sense to re-use the continuous rotation Movement Panel since it's created for this use-case...

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Netherlands
#7  

It works! THANKS! I only need to adjust the speeds and sensitivity, but how that works i allready know ;)

Is driving with the RC option also possible in autonomous mode?  And what is the diffrence exactly between Simplified Serial and RC mode for robotics? I thought i really needed Simplified Serial... (because everyone goes for that with sabertooth in the R2D2 world)   I am trying to understand that part ;)

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Synthiam
#8  

There’s no difference. The outcome is the same. You want a robot to move. So how it moves is irrelevant with our software.

long as it moves with a movement panel, all movements are supported. Read about movement panels here in the manual: https://synthiam.com/Products/Controls/Overview/Movement-Panels-17372

Netherlands
#9  

Ok, good enough for me;) Thanks for your guidence ;)